I have heard of the Explode the Code series for as long as we’ve been homeschooling. But for us, I never really saw a place for it. HOWEVER, that changed this last year. When Ben was having a difficult time learning his A, B, C’s, I really did not know what to do. I tried …
Benjamin finished the Preschool course from The Good and the Beautiful in January and it was an extremely happy day! School has not come easy for Mr. Ben and he ended up doing this course twice. Letters were just not clicking for him – BUT I have spent a lot of time researching preschool curriculums …
This boy. I love him so much. He is funny, adventurous, so snuggly, works hard, determined, is very sweaty, athletic, loves people, and creative. I was so happy to celebrate him! Benjamin’s 6th birthday was the birthday that just kept on giving! On the day of his birthday, he and Lydia were still dealing with …
On Thanksgiving day, Lydia started to come down with a fever. Lydia gets a LOT of fevers. Sadly, she seems to pick up on anything and everything going around. Well, do you want to know what was going around viciously the end of November? RSV. Lydia’s fever remained day after day. She also had a …
Thoughts this Autumn It has been almost a year since I have done a schoolhouse review and I am, honestly, really bummed about it. 2022 has been filled with so many blessings. And I hope to write more on that when I get to our New Year’s post. But one thing that has been a …
As with the previous kiddos’ post – we are well into our school year. But here was our plan moving into Benjamin’s kindergarten year. Overall Thoughts Ben has been a tricky kiddo for me to understand how he learns best. Ben is definitely our most active out of our kids. He loves to use his …
This is Benjamin’s first year doing formal read alouds and we are so excited! It’s such a special time and I can’t wait to do it with him. Many of these books are picture books and can be read in one sitting – but there are some early chapter books sprinkled in – that have …
Ben lost his first tooth! Ben had quite the evolution from when he discovered his tooth was loose, to when he lost it! Last week, when it started to get wiggly, he was not okay with it. He did not want any fooling around with it. But then, a couple nights later, I was helping …
“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” PROVERBS 3:5-6 These three sweeties were able to participate in their Primary program earlier this month and they did so wonderful. There is something absolutely beautiful in hearing …